
Cool mornings and warm afternoons have made conditions pleasant across the state.
Cool mornings and warm afternoons have made conditions pleasant across the state.
The weather has been absolutely beautiful over the past few days. Temperatures have finally rebounded, vegetation is green again, and agricultural crops are beginning to emerge from the freshly planted fields. Despite the warming temperatures, we still have not dug ourselves out of the below-normal start to May. Through the first ten days of the month, Indiana averaged 0.7◦F below normal (Figure 1). The largest departures occurred in climate divisions 6 and 9, which were 1.6◦F and 1.9◦F below normal, respectively. Angola, located in Steuben County, was the coldest location with an average temperature of 50.9◦F (4.0◦F below normal). Evansville was the warmest with an average temperature of 63.4◦F, which was 2.0◦F below normal. Accumulated Modified Growing Degree Days (April 1 – May 10) continued to run within 60 MGDDs of normal throughout the state (Figure 2). Statewide, MGDDs have accumulated between 160 and 420 units since April 1. Four-inch[Read More…]
It is May, the sun is shining, of course the wind is blowing, and the weather forecast is calling for warmer temperatures.
Despite the cooler weather we’ve experienced the last couple of weeks, temperatures from April 1st through 26th averaged 2.3°F above normal for the entire state (Figure 1).
Through the first 18 days of April, temperatures ran 5.5◦F above normal statewide (Figure 1).
Much like March, April has gotten off to a warm start.
Indiana experienced near-normal temperatures for March as the state averaged 40.9◦F, despite the record warmth at the beginning of the month (Figure 1).
Regardless of when one defines the start of spring, so far it has been mostly on the cooler and wetter side.
As meteorological winter officially ended on Feb 28, we still have a few more official days of winter left.
Chance for above-normal precipitation in about 2 weeks, but for this time of the year, that doesn’t mean much.
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